Leptin levels in pregnancy: Marker for fat accumulation and mobilization?

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 278-283

  Sattar, Naveed ^a,b   Greer, Ian A ^a   Pirwani, Imran ^a   Gibson, Janice ^a   Wallace, A Michael ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body fat mass; Gestational diabetes; Leptin; Pre eclampsia; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LEPTIN; LIPID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; OBESITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031885842     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/j.1600-0412.1998.770304.x     Document Type: Article

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